Practice of and attitudes toward breast self-examination (BSE): A cross-cultural comparison between younger women in Scotland and Greece

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 311-333

  Chouliara, Zoe ^a   Papadioti Athanasiou, Vasiliki ^b   Power, Kevin G ^a   Swanson, Vivien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST EXAMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EXAMINATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; SCOTLAND; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 1842734544     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330490278385     Document Type: Article

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